Sisifo felice (Smiling Sisyphus) is a diptych by choreographers Philippe Kratz and Pablo Girolami.

Two independent but connected works explore the absurdity of existence, inspired by the Theatre of the Absurd and Camus’ famous remark “One must imagine Sisyphus happy”.

The body, immersed in cycles of fatigue and rebirth, becomes landscape, gesture, resistance. Live music combines Girolami’s DJ set with the organic and solemn sounds of Anna von Hausswolff and Maxime Denuc’s organ, creating a space suspended between tension and abandon.
Eight dancers inhabit a world in which happiness is not the absence of effort, but a radical choice of presence.

Commissioned by La Biennale di Venezia
Co-production: La Biennale di Venezia, Nuovo Balletto di Toscana, Fabbrica Europa, HOUSE OF IVONA
With the support of Bayer stArt Academy
Sponsor: Bayer AG
Winner of the Biennale Danza 2025 call-out for a new Italian choreographic creation